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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 1978
Filed:
Sep. 21, 1977
William W McFarland, Wooster, OH (US);
International Paper Company, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A sift-proof, shipping and dispensing container is provided. It comprises an inner container fabricated from a unitary blank and a separate outer container, also fabricated from a unitary blank. It is constructed from a rigid material such as corrugated board. The inner container comprises a bottom wall; first, second, third and fourth side walls hingedly connected to the bottom wall along score lines; pairs of primary gusset panels hingedly connecting the side edges of the first and second, second and third, third and fourth, and fourth and first side walls, wherein the primary gusset panels and the side walls are of equal height, and wherein the primary gusset panels overlie the outer surfaces of the second and fourth side walls when the container is in erected condition; top walls hingedly connected to the first and third side walls along transverse score lines parallel to the score lines connecting the first and third side walls to the bottom wall; tuck-in flaps hingedly connected to the top walls along transverse score lines; and pairs of secondary gusset panels hingedly connecting the top edges of the primary gusset panels which are connected to the first and third side walls to the side edges of the top walls. The outer container comprises: four side walls, end walls hingedly connected to opposite end edges of each of the side walls to form top and bottom walls; and a tear strip encircling the upper end of the outer container to permit separation thereof into cover and body sections.